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further information

NEW: The Civil Aviation Authority’s Aviation Health Unit website: www.caa.co.uk

Useful tips for airline travel, Aerospace Medical Association, www.asma.org

Health advice to travellers, Department of Health, www.doh.gov.uk/traveladvice or www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk, tel: 0800 555 777, Ceefax: pages 460-464

Protection of air crew from cosmic radiation, Department for Transport, www.aviation.dft.gov.uk

Study on the possible effects on health of aircraft cabin environments, Department for Transport, www.aviation.dft.gov.uk

Aviation Health Institute, www.aviation-health.org

World Health Organisation (2002), International travel and health, available from WHO Marketing, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, tel: +41 22 7912476, fax: +41 22 7912476 4857, email: bookorders@who.int, and at www.who.int/ith

Working safely with ionising radiation: Guidelines for expectant mothers, Health and Safety Executive, available from HSE Books, tel: 01787 881165, www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg334.pdf

Health advice for travellers, Department of Health, www.doh.gov.uk/traveladvice

Disease prevention, www.travelhealth.co.uk/diseases/index.html

British Airways www.britishairways.com